Introduction: National institutional arrangements for implementing the Sustainable Development Goals: Where are we after five years?

Institutions are paramount to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is well recognized in the Agenda itself. Five years after the start of the implementation of the Agenda, governance issues remain at the forefront. For instance, a study of the voluntary national reviews (VNR) presented at the high-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF) in 2019 highlighted that 38 out of 47 countries had identified governance as a key priority for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, significantly more than in previous years.

Sustainable Development Goals:

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